tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21120296683881104182024-03-07T03:34:11.982+00:00Caroline's LetterboxCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370540453108371361noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112029668388110418.post-46922000436391022042015-09-28T14:12:00.003+01:002015-09-28T14:12:25.970+01:00Incoming mail.<div style="text-align: justify;">
It's hard to believe it's been so long since my last blog post, and I would like to apologise to everyone who has been waiting for a new blog entry. During the last four weeks my life has changed radically. I managed to find a new job and it took me a while to get used to the new routine and responsibilities. I have less time for myself, although I do my best to be productive even on my days off. It's not easy to try to maintain everything well, you know, working around the house, trying your best to spare your own time through your family and friends, reading and responding to all the letters you receive. I cannot say I dislike my life right now because I actually love it. I feel better than I ever have.</div>
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In this blog post I would like to show you some of the recent incoming mail. If you follow me on Instagram (@rasmuser), you might've already seen these pictures. If not, I hope you enjoy seeing them here because all the mail my pen pals send me is so beautiful!</div>
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<i>From Ada (Poland)</i></div>
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<i> From my new pen pal Haylea (United States)</i></div>
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<i>From Lozzi (England)</i></div>
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<i>From Sabrina (Germany) who finally published her blog post on our meeting (you can read it</i> <b><a href="http://sabrinassnailmail.blogspot.ie/2015/09/meeting-my-penpal-caroline.html" target="_blank">here</a></b><i>)</i></div>
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I love all my pen pals and I am grateful for the friendship and support they give me <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">♥</span></div>
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Till the next time,</div>
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Caroline xxx</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>PS. </b>Changed my Tumblr URL to <i><a href="http://grace-beneath-the-pines.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Grace-Beneath-The-Pines</a>.</i></span></div>
Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370540453108371361noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112029668388110418.post-82411106688265924202015-08-25T17:34:00.000+01:002015-08-25T17:37:35.471+01:00Meeting my German pen pal Sabrina!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey there! Meeting a pen pal can be a wonderful thing which I had the pleasure to experience last weekend! Sabrina and I have known each other for about two years now. We met each other on Instagram thanks to the fact that we had Ireland-related posts on our accounts (we both <b>really</b> love Ireland!) During the last weekend I realised that meeting a friend from a different country (or even from your own one) can be so much fun! We exchanged thoughts, had long conversations, wandered around Dublin in the pouring rain which I really loved because it felt like autumn and that's my favourite season! I showed her places she's never been to (the Trinity Library that looks like a Harry Potter movie location, for example,) and she brought me to a pub I had never been to before. Moreover, I had a chance to meet a great English musician called Simon Gynn! He was playing music there for the night and took loads of various song requests. I was surprised and happy to find another R.E.M. fan when I requested one of their favourite songs of mine - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUcKeKt8C1k" target="_blank">Daysleeper</a> </i>(I'm listening to it while creating this blogpost :) </div>
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In this blogpost I am going to show you a few photos we took throughout the last weekend. Although, before I start I want to thank Sabrina for letting me upload her pictures. </div>
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We met late on the previous Friday night. My boyfriend Noel and I collected Sabrina from the train station near our house. When we came home, we had a chat and exchanged some gifts. I gave her Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and a letter I had written the previous evening. She gave me a Harry Potter-themed pocket letter, a handmade wand, a beautiful dreamcatcher and a gorgeous heart-shaped gingerbread that has "I like you very much" written on it! I'm not going to eat it because it's so pretty. I hung it on the wall in my dining room instead! You can find some pictures that I took of the gifts below.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Finally got my letter from Hogwarts, hehe :)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I really love dreamcatchers. I've started collecting them.</span></i></div>
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We spent the evening watching <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i>, eating pizza and trying different flavours of Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans. How unfortunate - I got a rotten egg flavoured bean, eww! It was such a fun night, though!</div>
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We woke up early enough the next morning, had breakfast and headed into the city centre. It was raining quite a lot but my boots and umbrella saved me! We took a stroll down Grafton Street where we found a guy who was busking in the rain! I felt so sorry for him, yet I was really impressed that he was sitting there in the cold and rain playing his guitar. I gave him a €2 coin. He played some of my favourite songs including Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan's <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yKk-3TD7tk" target="_blank">Remember</a> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">♥ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">♥ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">♥</span>. </div>
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We also visited the Trinity College Library which is really famous thanks to its well-known Long Room. It looks like a <i>Harry Potter</i> movie location, although it wasn't in <i>Harry Potter</i> at all (I think it should have been!) Pictures below.</div>
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Afterwards we popped into one of the best and most beautiful Costa Coffee shops around. I ordered a small skim latte as usual, and Sabrina had a raspberry-white chocolate cooler. She let me try it and it was so yummy! Sabrina had brought a polaroid camera with her so we took our first polaroid selfie there! </div>
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I also brought Sabrina to my favourite bookshop called Hodges Figgis where I bought myself a small guide book through James Joyce's <i>Ulysses</i>. I have a thing for James Joyce. I wrote my BA thesis on one of his books and he's close to my heart. I have never read <i>Ulysses</i> before but I am planning to do it before June 16th next year - that is when Bloomsday takes place. It is a great celebration that people from the whole world take place in.</div>
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We needed to celebrate our meeting and the new tattoo so Sabrina and I headed to a great pub called O'Sullivans where Noel (my boyfriend) joined us for a few drinks. The atmosphere in the pub was amazing thanks to the musicians who played live music and the friendly staff. We had so much fun there! Also, we met Simon Gynn in O'Sullivans, the musician that I had mentioned in the beginning of this blogpost. He was taking song request so we had a chance to hear some of our favourite tracks. We had a chat with him after his performance and he turned out to be a really nice lad in person.</div>
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So this is where the journey has to end. I hadn't expected it to turn out so long! Hope you enjoyed this blogpost nevertheless. There are loads more to come as I have so many ideas for all the upcoming ones. Summing up, meeting Sabrina was an amazing experience that I truly enjoyed and will never forget. I hope we'll meet again later this year.</div>
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I took a trip to the local post office today so I could send a couple of letters to my dear friends. I love the feeling of excitement when I'm standing in the queue in the post office, and thinking of being able to drop my letters at the counter in just a few seconds. That is where their own journey begins. They will travel to different places across the world. I find that truly amazing. Hardly anyone can afford to travel the world but you can always post a letter that will do that for you. All it takes is a €1.05 stamp...</div>
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In the past couple of weeks I have received some lovely mail from my pen friends. In this post I am going to share some pictures of all the received letters and postcards. There are a good few of them!<br />
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Below you can see some pictures of a letter from Shay. This is Shay's second letter to me. This time she attached a beautiful postcard that is now being displayed on the mantelpiece in my dining room! The letter itself was so lovely and special. I found it inspirational and encouraging, and I have a feeling Shay and I will develop a beautiful long-lasting friendship. Thank you!<br />
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Next there is a letter from my Slovenian pen pal Anka. She decorated the envelope very nicely, and she also attached a postcard like Shay did. Thank you for such a nice letter Anka! Here are some pictures of what she sent me:</div>
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Moving onto the next letter, here's some more lovely post from Enric. Enric lives in Barcelona and I am very happy to be able to correspond with someone from such a beautiful city. This is the second letter from Enric in quite a short period of time, and I have a feeling our friendship will bloom as we keep sending each other mail. Thank you Enric! My letter is already on its way to you!</div>
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Here's another letter from Slovenia that my beloved friend Damijan sent me! We've been sending each other letters for over a year now. Maybe it's even been two years? I can't tell! Anyway, thank you kindly Damijan! I love all your letters and the fact that they're all so long... Oh, by the way, look at those lovely stamps! I have already replied to Damijan's letter and he got my letter last week. I can't wait to receive more mail from him!</div>
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I was so happy when I saw this letter at my doorstep! Matthieu lives in France and he's one of my long-term pen pals and friends. His letters are always so interesting, inspiring and thoughtful. We are planning to meet up next year! So here are the postcard and letter that Matthieu sent me:</div>
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Last but not least, this letter was sent to me by my German friend Sabrina. It arrived rather unexpectedly, although I loved reading it because it consisted of our meeting plans described by Sabrina! She and I are meeting this weekend and I'm really happy and excited because it'll be the first time that I will meet a pen pal of mine. Yay <3 Thank you Sabrina! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the end of this week! It's going to be so much fun <span style="background-color: white; color: #929090; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14.3000001907349px; line-height: 20.0200004577637px; text-align: -webkit-center;">☺</span></div>
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Seeing new letters at my doorstep always makes me happy and brightens up my day a LOT. Today I'm coming with another blogpost in which I will show you what I've been receiving over the last few days. It's going to be a short post since I'm sick and not feeling too well at the moment but would still like to keep up with writing on this blog weekly.</div>
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First of all, a letter from Ada who's from Poland. I'm not a big fan of Lord of the Rings but I do think the stationery is lovely! Ada also sent me tea but it was gone by the time I took the pictures :)</div>
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And another gorgeous letter from Theresa who lives in Germany. I really love the stationery with the Harry Potter houses printed on it <3 I'm a potterhead so whenever my pen pals send me Harry Potter related things, I get really really happy!</div>
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Last but not least, a beautiful piece of mail from Mira. Mira is from Finland but she works as an au pair in the United States. I can't get over the fact how beautiful the envelope Mira decorated is! Besides, the sent me loads of goodies which I'm really thankful for! Thank you, thank you, thank you!</div>
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<b>Hello everyone!</b> I have returned to Ireland! I probably would have written this blogpost sooner but some problems have occurred and my laptop charger is broken. I am planning on buying a new one in the nearest future but for now I have to use my boyfriend's computer. So, thank you for letting me use your laptop, boyfriend :)</div>
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I came home to see a huge mail pile that had been getting bigger and bigger during my absence. I received seven lovely letters in total and if you don't believe me that my pen pals are the best people in the world, have a look at the pictures I'm going to attach below. Maybe you'll change your mind! You might have seen those pictures already if you follow me on Instagram. I tend to post a lot of stuff on there so I recommend you follow me!</div>
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I'm now going to show you what my lovely pen pals sent me last week. Loads and loads of lovely mail! I'm really lucky to have such thoughtful pen friends. Let's start from the letter that Anka from Slovenia sent me. I don't know what it is about black envelopes but I really love them. I need to make some of my own at some point. By the way, that tea Anka sent me was yummy! I really enjoyed it. I'm a huge tea person so I love to get tea bags from foreign countries!</div>
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Next I am going to show you all the goodies Shay from the Philippines sent me. She made me two amazingly pretty bookmarks that I intend to use for when I read paper books. I've been mostly reading on my Kobo lately 'cause I'm short of money and can't afford to buy books in paper, unfortunately. Being a bookworm is tough sometimes. But anyway, here's all the mail love Shay sent me:</div>
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Here's a lovely letter from my beloved pen pal Sophie! She always sends me long and interesting letters that are full of love. This time Sophie sent me a "new home" card because I'd officially moved into my house in Ireland. I can't wait to start responding to Sophie's letter! I'm writing her a notebook-long letter now and I hope she'll love it 'cause I've been trying to make it special and interesting. I'm planning on writing a separate blogpost on notebook-long letters.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thank you, Sophie <3</span></i></div>
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Another letter made a long journey all the way from Indonesia. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw how beautiful it was! Andria, you totally made my day! Thank you for the little dreamcatcher, it's a brilliant touch to my collection of dreamcatchers (I collect dreamcatchers from all over the world). Thank you, thank you </div>
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And another lovely letter from Lozzi who lives in the UK. Look at the pretty handmade envelope that she created! The letter she wrote me was really nice to read, too.</div>
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The next letter came from Barcelona, Spain. That city is one of my favourite places in this world and I always wanted to become pen friends with someone who lives there. One day a guy named Enric wrote me a message asking if he could send me a letter and I let him do it :)</div>
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Lastly, I am going to show you the letter I got from Jessica whom I've been pen pals with for quite a long time. Jess also lives in Ireland but she's from County Kerry. She's lucky to live there 'cause that's the most beautiful county in Ireland in my opinion.</div>
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<b>Are you one of those people who have difficulty thinking up things to write in an intro letter to a new pen pal?</b> If your answer is a big YES then I am glad you're currently reading this blogpost! I have come up with a bunch of ideas you could include in your first letter to a person who's just become your new pen friend. I am going to wrap all of those ideas together and I am hoping they will help someone out there who really wants to create a beautiful and meaningful letter. Let's get started!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20.2222232818604px;">✓ </span><b>RULE THREE: </b><u>Ask them questions.</u> Your new pen friend will most likely get bored if you only write about yourself. After reading your letter, they will feel confused and they'll struggle to write a response. Make sure you ask them a lot of questions - that will show them that you have great interest in getting to know them better, and that's always a good beginning to establishing a lovely, long-lasting friendship. <b>Unsure about what you should ask your pen pal?</b> In this case you should subscribe to my blog by writing your e-mail address in the bar on the left side of my website where it says <i>Notify Me About New Posts</i>. I am planning on writing a blogpost titled "100 Things to Ask Your Pen Pal" in the near future!</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Tell your pen pal about other people who have a special place in your heart. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Throw in a few sentences about your pets and what they mean to you.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Write about your daily routine - explain what you usually do and what your whole day looks like.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Tell them about your dreams that you would like to fulfil in the future.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Explain what snail mail means to you and how your adventure with it began.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Mention your favourite bands, books, movies, etc. Who knows, maybe it'll appear that your pen pal likes the same things! Also, tell them what those things mean to you and why they are your favourites.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Tell them a little bit about the place you live in. Attach a postcard of your town or city if possible. If you don't have a postcard, you can always throw a few pictures in. People love it when you send them photos that were taken by you.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Remember: snail mail is a time-consuming and pricy hobby. Although, it is <b>extremely </b>rewarding! There is nothing better than receiving a letter from a person who lives across the globe.</li>
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Recently I have written quite a few intro letters myself since the idea for this blogpost. I hope my ideas and suggestions on how to write a letter to a stranger turned out to be helpful for you in one way or another. Make sure to let me know if you have ever found it difficult and awkward to write your first introductory letter to someone. What are your experiences? Also, feel free to share your golden tips on making an intro letter special and interesting to its receiver. What do you usually write in the first letter? Do you bother to create mail art? I can't wait to getting your feedback!</div>
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Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370540453108371361noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112029668388110418.post-7765150776291516212015-07-03T11:29:00.001+01:002015-07-03T11:29:21.869+01:00Postman problem solved + outgoing and incoming post.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Hi everyone!</b> I haven't received any mail after I had written the last blogpost. Until today. Recently, I have found out there was a new postman in our area who didn't take his job too seriously... There have been a lot of problems with him lately, and yesterday I took a ride to the local post office to express my dissatisfaction. I was told that the new postman was only working as a locum for the old one and that he would only do it for one more week.<br />
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I had been waiting for letters from three Polish girls that I got to know on a pen palling Facebook group. The founder of the group, Ada (whose letter I am still awaiting but I'm hoping it'll arrive soon), came up with an idea of this great action which everyone interested in snail mail could take part in. Ada collected our addresses and made a draw assigning us one or two of them each. We had to write surprise letters to the people whose addresses Ada had chosen for us. I was happy to find out I had to write a letter to Ada! I wish I had taken my own picture of the letter I wrote so I could upload it on the blog. However, Ada snapped a picture of it and posted it to our Facebook group. I don't think she'll mind me using her picture to show you my letter to her:</div>
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It would seem that the complaint has been treated seriously because the new postman brought a bunch of letters today! I had already started believing that the mail must've got lost... So these are the letters from two lovely girls: <b>Dworak</b> and <b>Wiktoria</b>:</div>
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Yesterday I finished writing my letter to my Chinese pen pal who lives in Taiwan. <b>Ying Syuan</b> is such a lovely and nice person and we've already exchanged a couple of letters. All her letters are thoughtful, beautiful and interesting. I hope my post will reach her soon! You can find some snaps of my letter to Ying Syuan below.</div>
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I feel so happy and relieved that the incoming letters didn't get lost. I hope the new postman will do his work scrupulously from now on. I'm still awaiting two more letters: one from Ada that I had mentioned already and another one from my Polish friend living in Sweden. </div>
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That would be it for today's blogpost! It was quite random because I hadn't thought I would write it today. However, it makes me happy that I have things to write about. I have plenty of ideas for future blogposts as well but <b>if there is something you would like me to write about, let me know in the comments below</b>! I will take all suggestions into consideration. </div>
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<b>Hello there!</b> How have you all been? I want to give you a quick update on what has been happening in my little snail mail world recently. Although at first I want to ask you a question: <b>have you ever felt disappointed by your own mailbox before?</b> If it comes to me, the postman in my area must clearly hate my letterbox because he's been avoiding putting letters in it for a whole long week! Several times I walked all the way to the gate* to check my mailbox for letters every single day. Every time my high hopes were destroyed by finding out the mailbox was empty. No, wait... I actually found A BILL there once! Has everyone forgotten about me? Or is the postal service really slow? To be honest, I wish everyone could have their own owl that one could use for carrying letters just like in the <i>Harry Potter</i> series. Wouldn't that be wonderful? If you ask me, I think it would be much quicker and handier! We wouldn't have to rely on the postal service. There would hardly be any problems with sending letters to your friends plus it would be much cheaper <span style="background-color: white; color: #929090; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20.0200004577637px; text-align: -webkit-center;">☺ </span><br />
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The past week was particularly busy for me. I had a couple of family reunions and had to prepare for my exams in college. Thankfully, I managed everything alright. I didn't write many letters, although I posted a postcard to the wonderful Edii who also runs a snail mail blog: http://ediimail.blogspot.com/</div>
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Edi hasn't been feeling too great lately so I hope the postcard cheered her up a bit! </div>
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Other than that, I thought I would reactivate my account on <b><a href="https://www.postcrossing.com/" target="_blank">Postcrossing</a></b> again! Admittedly, I closed my profile on that website a while back but I have missed it. There is something special and magical about choosing a postcard you are going to send to a stranger living in a foreign country! This time I got to write postcards to Russia and Germany:</div>
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Before I end this post I would like to ask you some questions about your snail mail plans for the summer this year. Are you going anywhere? If you do, are you likely to send postcards / letters to your friends? Do you think summertime is when people get most postcards? <b>I wish you a good start of your summer holiday! </b>My break hasn't started for me just yet! I have a couple more college exams to pass... Hopefully I'll have more time for myself when I'm back in Ireland in about two weeks!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*To those who are feeling confused: In Poland and some other European countries people have letterboxes hanging on the tall gates encircling their private properties. In Ireland and the United Kingdom there are no mailboxes. In those countries most houses have special slots in their front doors through which letters are delivered. Additionally, in the United States people have mailboxes that differ from the European ones:</span><br />
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<b>Hello everyone and welcome to my snail mail blog! </b>After a long time thinking whether I should create a blog about my hobby or not, I have ultimately decided to give it a go. It was by no means an easy decision for me because I am aware of the fact I'm not great at writing. Besides, running a blog requires regularity if it comes to post writing and I'm not good at that, either. But you know what? Sometimes you have to challenge yourself, change your mindset and make a U-turn. I might be good at a lot of things but achieving those bigger and smaller successes required time and a lot of commitment. Same applies to developing your writing skills. I thought that I would never get any better at writing if I didn't train myself. This blog will make me connect something pleasant and beneficial together, right? So here I am, writing the first post on this freshly created blog!</div>
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First of all, snail mail is one of the greatest hobbies of mine. I was obsessed with letters ever since I learned how to write. I used to collect a magazine about dogs when I was eight or nine years old, and on the last page of that magazine there were a bunch of pen pal ads. The age range of those people was various but the majority of them were kids, just like me! One day I grabbed a pen and a clean sheet of paper and began writing. The words started to flow... I wrote about my hobbies, interests, dislikes, animals, school - pretty much everything that came to my mind at the time. Writing my first serious letter felt amazing, and what was even better was when I received a response from the person I wrote to! I still remember that big, red envelope filled with stickers and messy 8-year old kid's handwriting. The memory brings a wide smile to my face <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: -webkit-center;">☺</span></div>
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My name is <b>Caroline</b> and I am <b>21 years old</b>. I still enjoy writing and receiving traditional letters. My attitude has never changed - I only got more mature and I write a bit differently but, other than that, everything's still the same. I enjoy quiet evenings (especially when it's autumn!) when I can light my favourite candle, make myself a large cup of tea, sit comfortably on my chair and begin writing a long, meaningful letter. Those are the best evenings for me. Of course, I get overwhelmed sometimes - I'm only human. I lose the enthusiasm for letter-writing but it <u>always</u> comes back. I feel bad when I let my pen pals wait too long for my response but I've made a promise to myself that I would improve that. Yesterday I replied to a letter I got back in January this year. It was send to me by the wonderful <b>Ilga</b> who lives in Germany. I'm sorry for taking so long to reply! </div>
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That would be it for this post. I hope my love for snail mail will inspire you in some way! Writing letters is incredibly beautiful and if you've never written one, you should! Find yourself a pen pal and feel the magic of the snail mail world! Cheers!</div>
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